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Doing Business the Way Today’s Customers Prefer

With customer expectations evolving and technology advancing faster than they have in the past, dealerships face a pivotal moment to reimagine they do business to better engage buyers the way they prefer. This blog explores how dealers can build stronger connections with customers to sell more vehicles and deliver better experiences that seed future business. […]

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The Power of Precision: Why Your Appraisal Accuracy Matters More Than Ever | vAuto

For automotive dealerships, appraisals are more than a routine step in acquiring inventory. They are a pivotal touchpoint that directly drives your potential profitability for a vehicle, your operational efficiency and customer trust. Yet, the industry faces a common challenge—too often, appraisals remain inconsistent, subjective, and detached from measurable strategy. It’s like every appraiser does […]

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How Hello Auto Group Uses Conquest to Optimize Car Ordering & Pricing

When Chris Morris, VP of Operations for Hello Auto Group , moved from Minneapolis to southern California, he knew he needed help getting his new car ordering pricing right. After talking with his vAuto Performance Manager, Chris found Conquest had all the market data he was looking for. Chris uses Conquest to see which trim colors are selling […]

Raising Rooftop Results to Optimize your Dealer Group’s Performance

Discover research-based best practices for performance and process improvements in automotive dealer groups! Learn how to align decision-making at individual rooftops with your group’s strategic objectives. Optimize your ROI on used-vehicle investments and see how new technology can help identify and correct decision-making deficiencies.

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Don’t Let Historic New Vehicle Troubles Haunt You Today

This webinar, “Don’t Let Historic New Vehicle Troubles Haunt You Today” presented by Bethany Johnson and Alicia Rudowyj, gives you the tools to work smarter, not harder, in this new era of new vehicle incentives. Get best practices from top-performing dealers and the tools they use to help you accurately and efficiently apply the right […]

eBook

Avoid the Weight of Aging New Cars eBook

The new car side of your business has likely seen big swings in the past several years. You went from losing money on new car sales to selling some cars over MSRP for unprecedented profit. That was fun while it lasted. But now, market conditions are swinging again, causing the issue of new car aging. […]

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Then and Now, Four Ways Inventory Management Has Changed – vAuto

Today’s market is unpredictable—which is why top-performing dealers have dramatically shifted the ways they make critical decisions of what to buy, how much to pay and how best to retail or wholesale used vehicles. Learn how those dealers are using new strategies fueled by market-based insights to reshape their appraisal, pricing, merchandising and stocking decision-making […]

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vAuto Enhances Conquest, Making it Easier for Dealers to Apply VIN-Specific Incentives to New Cars

As incentives rise and become increasingly complex, Conquest gives dealers the tools they need to correctly—and efficiently—apply the right offers to their vehicles. ATLANTA – September 23, 2024 – Today, vAuto is announcing new functionality that solves another pain point for franchise dealers: managing increasingly complex new vehicle incentives. The Cox Automotive brand achieves this […]

Podcast

Keeping Stores “Between the Lines” to Drive Dealer Group Performance

In this vAuto podcast, Scott Crompton, Marketing Manager for Victory Automotive Group and Dustin Corder, vAuto Performance Manager, share how they work together to help Victory drive success across its nearly 45 stores in 10 states. Crompton details how Victory establishes operational guidelines and key performance indicators (KPIs) to ensure individual rooftops serve the broader […]

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Elevating Your Game: The Art and Science of an Optimal Inventory Mix

Elevating Your Inventory: The Art of Acquiring Used Vehicles Managing a car dealership is a complex balancing act, especially when it comes to inventory management. The constant fluctuation in demand, supply shortages, and market trends often leave dealers struggling to find that elusive “right mix” of vehicles on their lot. Too much inventory can lead […]